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A supportive and well-managed work environment is good for one’s health.
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36 |
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There are smart executives running companies and managing systems, but there seems to be a distinct lack of strong leaders to lead the people.
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118 |
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Despite the horseshit spewed out by too many management gurus, there are no magic bullets, instant cures, or easy shortcuts to becoming a great boss. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a liar.
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9 |
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The best management is sometimes less management or no management at all.
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23 |
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Experiments… show that managers who took responsibility for bad events like pay freezes and failed projects were seen as more powerful, competent, and likable than those who denied responsibility.
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62 |
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…willingness to accept blame for future setbacks shows how, to get and keep a management job, skilled bosses talk and act as if there is a strong link between their actions and followers’ performance.
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67 |
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…just because people can perform a job well doesn’t mean they ought to help manage it.
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89 |
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In an ideal world, bosses would always manage work they understood deeply. But it isn’t always feasible.
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134 |
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If you are a boss, protecting yourself from intrusions may be a lost cause… management work requires dozens – sometimes hundreds – of brief and fragmented tasks each day.
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163 |
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There’s a well-known heuristic in management consulting that the right time to fire someone is the first time it crosses your mind.
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30 |
